President Donald Trump on Monday indicated that he wants to reach an agreement with Ukraine to gain access to the country’s rare earth elements as a condition for continuing U.S. support for its war against Russia.
  • pmk
    21·
    3 months ago

    Isn’t that kind of what colonies are for? Extracting money from land you took from the people who lived there before?

    • AbsentBird@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      3 months ago

      If that’s how you treat people you shouldn’t be surprised when they ‘cause a fuss’ and kick you out.

      • pmk
        2·
        3 months ago

        I agree, on both levels.